The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-03-10


nent OF $50. 900. 1t was finally agreed to
allow ~ Judgment to be entered for the
plaintiff in $25, 900.
At Ann Arbor, Mich, fire Quilted the
pharmacy department of the Michigan uni
versity and causing q loss OF $4,000, fully
insured. A large amount OF valuable ap-
paratus and chemicals was destroyed.
The poisoning of another woman. max
ing five in all, is alleged against Lawrence
krug, now in Jail in Chicago, suspected OF
numbering three wives and step-daugh-
ter. The supposed fifth victim was Gunda
Shoepwar, pretty nineteen-year. old
daughter OF the sister OF Krus's first wife.
Nominations sent to the senate: To be
assistant adjutant general, with the rank
OF colonel, Lieut. Col. William d. Whipple,
assistant adjutant general; Lieut.. Col.
Chauncey Mckeever Co be assistant ad-
jutant general with the rank of lieutenant
colonel; Mai. Oliver d. Greene, assistant
adjutant general; Maj. Samuel Breck, as
sistant adjutant general; Mai. Henry Z.
Wood, assistant adjutant general; Maj.
James p. Martin, assistant adjutant gen.
eral.
or the 800 bodies OF earthquake victims
buried at Diana Marino, only 100 bodies
were identified.
Senator Hugh Nelson has been appointed
governor of British Columbia to succeed
Gov. Cornwall, whose term has expired.
Railroad men say that the recent storm
was unprecedented in the history OF rail-
roading in Canada.
The aggregate increase to the naval ap-
preparation bill by the senate COMMITTEES
on appropriations is between $21, OOO,Oo
and S22 900, 900, but inasmuch as the ex.
penditures cover five years, it is estimated
that the additional appropriation for the
next fiscal year will not exceed So, OCO. 600,
which will raise the aggregate expenditure
for the year between So 900, 600 and S32,.
100000.
The British ship T. N. Hart sailed from
New York May 16 for shanghai since which
time nothing had bee heard OF her, and it
is feared that she is lost with all on board.
She was commanded by Capt. Mccarthy
and had a crew OF twenty men.
The president has committed the death
sentence in the case of John Washington
and Simmons Wolf, two Seminole Indians,
to imprisonment for lie. These Indians
were convicted OF rape on white woman
in the Indian Territory, and were sentenced
to be hanged. The presidents action was
based on q doubt as to the guilt OF the
men.
Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris has rented a
house in London.
The railway people at Windsor, opposite
Detroit, are complaining very much OF
trouble and annoyance given them by the
American custom officers doing duty on
the railway ferry boats since the passage
OF the retaliatory bill. They say that
great Inconvenience will be felt when navi-
CATION opens if the same course be pursued
and non-intercourse pretty well establish
cd.
Sir William Vernon Harcourt writes to
the Times to show that the troubles in Ire
land arise from attempts OF the govern
ment to enforce the payment OF rents
which their own land commission has de-
clared the people are unable to pay. He
quotes from speeches OF Sir Michael Hicks
Beach and other conservatives made last
ytar, in which it was admitted that Mr.
Parnell was able to prove the premises OF
his tenants relief bill, the governmen t
would be bound to attempt to supply a
remedy. The land omission, says the
writer, proved Mr.. Parnell to be in the
right yet. the government instead OF
bringing a bill to deal with judicial rents,
proposes fresh coercial measures.
The New York jury to whom was given
the question at issue in the action at is
sue brought on by Minnie Clark. who calls
herself Mrs. Mary Kittson, against Her
cules Kittsou of Minnesota the young son,
OF the Commodore for legal separation
on the ground of his abandonment, decld-
ed that, although there had been a ceremony
OF marriage performed between the parties,
yet ut the time the defendant was incapa-
BILE of entering into any such contra ct, be-
cause of his being intoxicated. The jury
also found that the plaintiff and de-
fendant had not coha bited as husband and
wife, and that she is q person OF question
a BILE character and that she has been gull
ty OF adultery with Charles Spillane. The
case will now 60 to the special term OF the
supreme court for the settlement OF the leg
al questions involved, and a motion will
| probably be heard then to set the verdict
| aside.
Senator Jones OF Florida, who is still in
Dstroit, says the action OF the governor in
appotrting successor to him to hold Of
fce until ths legislature meets is clearly le-
GAL He says he is not a candidate for re-
election, but would accept the honor il
thrust upon him.
The vetoed bill for a building at Sioux
City, Iowa, was passed by the senate
ossT the veto-3S to 16.
The Rocky Mountain section OF the
Canadian Pacific mas ayffered from the re-
cent heavy rains which have arried away
several small bridges. Through traffic will
| be delayed for some days in consequence.
| The new German reichstag was opened
at Berlin on the Sd, The emperor's speech
was read from the throne. In it he says:
He is gratified at the benevolent disposi-
| ton the pope has shown toward the EN-.
pire. The foreign policy Of the empire is
continually directed to the maintena nee
| OF peace with all the powers, and
especially with Germany's neigh
bors. The foreign relations OF the govern.
ment are the same as when the last reich.
stag was opened. Ii the present reichstag.
without hesitation or division, gives unan-
imous expression to the resolve that the
nation will put forth it's full strength in
full panoply now and at all times against
| any attack upon our frontiers, euch reso-
buttons. even before carried out, will
materially strengthen the guarantees
OF peace and remove the doubts
which the late parliamentary doubts
may have inspired. The emperor
feels assured that the reichstag, by its
resolutions, will give the federal govern
| ment national policy on q safe basis, and
derives from this conviction the confident
hope that God will bless his efforts to pre-.
serve the peace and security of Germany.
The same internal bills that were submit
ted to the previous reichstag will again be
offered. The creation af aew sources Of
| revenue and the reform 0f the meth:
ods of taxation are urged. The
president elect OF the reichstag is a
Conservative. while the vice president is a
National Liberal. The National Liberals
desire Herr genningsep to continue III the
leadership oi their party.
The Main legislature has passed another
prohibitory liquor law OF a very stringent
character.
The resolution to submit to the people
q constitu tional amendment providing fol
woman suffrage in Rhode Island was con
Cured in by the house by vote Of SO tc
Z.
J. w. Low & Sons tannery, at Cam
bridge, Mass, was almost entirely de
stroyed by fire. Total loss about $50,
900; fully insured.
The following we're among the bills ap
proved by the president: For bridg
across the Mississippi river near Winona
Mimi. Tor bridge across the Missouri
river at Pierre, Dak.; for u bridge over th
Mississippi river near Keokuk, Iowa
granting the Rocky Ford & Cook City rail
road company right OF way through I
part OF Crow Indian reservation in Mon
tana.
The following patents have been allowed